Improvement in flower-caskets



cited tapes @tutti @Witte Letters Patent No. 108,592, dated OctoberA 25,1.870.

IMPRovEMEN-r 1N FLowER-cAsKETs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern invented a new and improved.li`lower-Casket;7 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and'operation of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the lettersof reference marked thereon. A

y The object of my invention consists in providing a casket of apeculiar' construction for holdinggrowing flowers or vines, so thatmoisture'is supplied directlyv to their roots, and the earth surroundingthem, from the bottoni of the casket; also in making it of anyornamental design.

Heretofore water has .been suppliedkby pouring it on the surface of theearth and allowing it. to pass down and around the roots, which isyrather det-rimental to the growth of the plants, as very often a largerquantity of water is used than is really necessary, which has a tendencyto rot or destroy the roots,

and besides causing the earth to pack hard and solid.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partially broken, of my improvedflower-casket.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of same.

Figures 3 and 4 are top views of the casket sep-4 arated into two parts.y

Figure 5 is a sectional view of thc casket made in a different form.

To enable those skilled in the art to in'ake and use my invention, Iwill now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The casket is madeintwo parts, with one inserted within the other. Oneof these parts consists of the outer casing A, made cylindrical in form,and of any suitable metal or material, and provided onthe outer Lsurface, and at upper and lower ends, with caps or moldings, B and B',for ornamenting and giving additional st-rengthpto it.

The 'feet F, F, 'and F, which are secured 'to .the bottom ofthe casingfor the purpose of supporting it, are made in any ornamental design.

The inner case or holder C, for containing the earth and roots of theplant, is also made cylindrical in form,and somewhat smaller than theinterior of the casing A, into which it is inserted. A'

Thebottom D of the said case or holder is elevated a short distanceabove its .lower end, so as to leave a space, S, between it and thecasing A, and is provided in the center with a circular opening',.whichis covered with a wire gauze'or screen, E, so as to allow moisture fromthe wat-er placed in the casiugA to pass through and ascend up andaround theroots of the plant; the roots and the earth surrounding themwill thus be suiiciently nioistened without the water coming .in directcontact with them.

The casket may be made in an oblong or elliptical form, as shown iu tig.5, so as to hold flowers of ditifereut varieties, and the inner case Cis, for this purpose, provided with two circular openings, and coveredwith wire gauze, EI and E2, in the same manner as the case C.

The inner case orholder C 01' C' is provided, in the interior and at theupper edge, with sliding handles H and II', which are raised when it =isdesired to remove the case, and lowered so as to be out of the waywhenit (the case) is inserted in the outer casing A.

Various forms may be adapted for the casiugs, and they may be ornamentedinany style,aud, when placed with one of an elliptical form as a centerpiece, and

two of'a circular form as thc end pieces, they form a beautifulornament.

The bottom l) of the case G or C may have a series of perforations madethrough it,- instead'ot .the wire gauze, or the central opening lnay'bcinclosed with a 'perforated tube, T, as s'hown in fig. 6,' which extendsup the proper height, and has secured in it a sponge, s, the lower endof which is inserted ur the Y water contained in the cuter casingl A,and the moisture from it will pass through the perforations and throughthe center portion of the earth.

`Having thus described my invention, its construction and operation,

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

he inner case or holder C, arranged-in the interior of the' outer casingA, and provided with sliding Vhandles H and H', wire gauze or screen E,or tube T and sponge s, as and for the purpose specified;

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my x name in the presenceof two subscribing. witnesses. JOHN M. HESS.

Witnesses: y

ISAAC It. QAKFORD, GHAnLnsH. EVANS.

